BEVERAGE GAS SUPPLIER FINED £40K OVER CYLINDER EXPLOSION

A supplier of food grade CO2 and CO2/nitrogen mixes to restaurants and pubs in the north of England has shortened its cylinder inspection cycle by half after an employee was injured in an explosion. J & R Gases employee Luke Hawthorn, 30, was at the company’s depot in Nelson, Lancashire, filling …

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RED SOX WIN THE MOORS YOUTH TOURNAMENT

Team Mendip girls U13’s team, proudly sponsored by Cunningham Safety Consultants, win The Moors Youth Tournament! Playing up a year in the U14’s age group they came away as winners, conceding only one goal in some very hot conditions. Well done to Phoebe, Bayley, Maisie, Emily, Anna, Jennie and Tara. Thanks …

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School fined as teacher knocked unconscious after ladder fall

working at heights accident

A girls’ school has been fined for breaching work at height regulations after a teacher fell from a stepladder and was left unconscious. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 9 May 2016 a teacher was conducting rigging and adjustments to spotlights and cabling in the school drama studio when he fell from …

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WORKING AT HEIGHT MUST INCLUDE TRAINING

A solar panel firm has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall through a fragile roof light at a private home in Kent. An HSE inspector said that better equipment, training and supervision should have been provided. The 32-year-old worker, from Ashford, fractured his shin …

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